Some members of the mainstream media criticized President Donald Trump when he referred to the Manchester terrorists as “evil losers,” claiming he was not acting presidential by doing so.

While speaking in Bethlehem during a visit to Israel on Tuesday, Trump said, “So many young, beautiful innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life.”

“I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that’s a great name. I will call them from now on losers because that’s what they are. They’re losers. And we’ll have more of them. But they’re losers,” he said.

Shaikh speaks with some authority on the subject of terrorism. Born in Canada, he attended a Quran school as a child before joining the Royal Canadian Cadets, a youth program sponsored by the country’s military. However, he traveled to Pakistan as a young man, where he joined the Taliban and entered a life of extremism until the 9/11 attacks made him change his mind, according to U.S. News.

Since then, he has worked with Canadian intelligence forces in anti-terrorism cases and is working on a Ph.D. in psychology.

Considering Baldwin is with CNN, Shaik’s response might not have been the response she was looking for, but he has a has a point.

What Trump called militant extremists is certainly better than what former president Barack Obama called them: a “JV Team.” Because Obama never cared enough to take the threat of the Islamic State group seriously, attacks like the one in Manchester are far too common.

It’s about time we had someone in the White House that wasn’t afraid to speak the truth about these barbarians.